Patents by Inventor Martin Votsmeier

Martin Votsmeier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230415139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing noble metal nets on flatbed knitting machines, the steps involving—providing noble metal wire comprising platinum—providing yarn that is combustible or soluble in solvent—knitting two-bed items by simultaneous knitting on the front and rear needle beds and joining the two knitted fabrics by means of connecting pile threads, wherein, on the front or on the rear needle bed, a combustible or soluble yarn is used which is burnt off or dissolved after the knitting process, and a noble metal wire is used on the other needle bed and for the pile threads such that, after the combustible or soluble yarn has been burnt off or dissolved, there remain only the pile threads and the knitted fabric made of noble metal wire and produced on the rear or front needle bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dirk BORN, Dieter PRASCH, Martin VOTSMEIER, Artur WISER
  • Publication number: 20190184386
    Abstract: Wire for weaving or knitting a catalyst gauze, said wire being characterized in that it is a stranded wire comprising an assembly of n intertwined filaments, n being an integer with 2?n?8, wherein each of said filaments comprises Pt or a Pt alloy constituted of at least 50% by 5 weight of Pt, said filaments being twisted together over their length so that each of the filaments is wound to at least one other filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin VOTSMEIER, Dirk BORN
  • Patent number: 10036298
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for determining the state of aging of a catalytic converter (2). The disclosed method functions in a non-contacting manner as resonances formed when the catalytic converter (2) located in a housing is excited with high-frequency electromagnetic waves are analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gregor Beulertz, Martin Votsmeier, Ralf Moos
  • Publication number: 20170107887
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for determining the state of aging of a catalytic converter (2). The disclosed method functions in a non-contacting manner as resonances formed when the catalytic converter (2) located in a housing is excited with high-frequency electromagnetic waves are analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gregor BEULERTZ, Martin VOTSMEIER, Ralf MOOS
  • Patent number: 9540984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for determining the state of an exhaust-gas purification device. The exhaust-gas purification device is one which can store gas and/or particles. By means of the proposed process, it is for example possible for the loading state of the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system, for example the oxygen storage state of a catalytic converter which is provided with an oxygen-storing material, such as for example a three-way catalytic converter, to be analyzed. The present process operates contactlessly through the analysis of resonances which arise upon the excitation of the catalytic converter using the purification device as microwave cavity resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Roesch, Martin Votsmeier, Ralf Moos, Gerhard Fischerauer, Gunter Hagen, Sebastian Reiss
  • Publication number: 20140283503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for determining the state of an exhaust-gas purification device. The exhaust-gas purification device is one which can store gas and/or particles. By means of the proposed process, it is for example possible for the loading state of the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system, for example the oxygen storage state of a catalytic converter which is provided with an oxygen-storing material, such as for example a three-way catalytic converter, to be analysed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Roesch, Martin Votsmeier, Ralf Moos, Gerhard Fischerauer, Gunter Hagen, Sebastian Reiss
  • Patent number: 8475753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system which comprises a preferably catalytically active particle filter (wall-flow filter) which is followed in turn by a throughflow monolith (flow-through monolith) which is preferably provided with a catalytically active function. Both components have the same storage functions for gaseous substances present in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines. The system is suitable in particular for the simultaneous removal of particles and pollutants from the exhaust gas of both predominantly lean-operated internal combustion engines and also of internal combustion engines operated predominantly with a stoichiometric air/fuel mixture. Likewise described is a process for the production and the use of such a system for exhaust-gas aftertreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Eckhoff, Wilfried Mueller, Joerg-Michael Richter, Stefan Franoschek, Martin Votsmeier
  • Patent number: 8397488
    Abstract: Described is a method for cleaning the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, which method is suitable for reducing harmful gases and particle emissions. Here, the exhaust gas to be cleaned is conducted, under operating conditions, with a discontinuous profile of the air ratio ? across a wall-flow filter substrate which comprises a catalytically active coating containing one storage material. The storage material is suitable for temporarily storing one or more exhaust-gas components under certain operating conditions and releasing said exhaust-gas components again in a targeted fashion in the event of a suitable change in the operating conditions. The coating is configured such that the component has a gradient of the storage material concentration and/or of the total coating amount, with the highest concentration of the storage material in the longitudinal direction of the component being present on the inflow side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Woerz, Wilfried Mueller, Martin Votsmeier, Franz Dornhaus, Martin Roesch
  • Patent number: 8341938
    Abstract: When a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is being regenerated, the regeneration may be terminated for example as a result of a premature load change in the engine, which can lead to incomplete emptying of the storage catalyst. The residual filling level which remains in the catalyst following an incomplete regeneration of this nature is used as the starting value for calculation of the filling level during the next storage phase. After incomplete regeneration, the nitrogen oxide conversion rate is initially greater than would be expected, on account of the residual filling level. By taking this increased conversion rate into account when calculating the filling level during the storage phase, it is possible to further improve the accuracy of the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Votsmeier, Juliane Theis, Ulrich Goebel, Jürgen Gieshoff, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 8276438
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for determining the light-off temperature of a catalytic converter on board a vehicle. The aging condition of the catalytic converter is determined by means of the method. To test the catalytic converter, the latter is loaded for example with a CO/HC test pulse. During the combustion of the additional CO and HC on the catalytic converter, an axial temperature profile is generated. The position of the maximum of said temperature profile along the catalytic converter is dependent on the current light-off temperature. The temperature profile travels through the catalytic converter and can be measured at the outlet of the catalytic converter as a time-dependent profile. The original axial temperature profile can be inferred from the time-dependent profile. Using a calculation program, the current light-off temperature of the catalytic converter on the vehicle can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Votsmeier, Juergen Gieshoff, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Publication number: 20120148464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system which comprises a preferably catalytically active particle filter (wall-flow filter) which is followed in turn by a throughflow monolith (flow-through monolith) which is preferably provided with a catalytically active function. Both components have the same storage functions for gaseous substances present in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines. The system is suitable in particular for the simultaneous removal of particles and pollutants from the exhaust gas of both predominantly lean-operated internal combustion engines and also of internal combustion engines operated predominantly with a stoichiometric air/fuel mixture. Likewise described is a process for the production and the use of such a system for exhaust-gas aftertreatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: UMICORE AG &CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Eckhoff, Wilfried Mueller, Joerg-Michael Richter, Stefan Franoschek, Martin Votsmeier
  • Publication number: 20120067030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter which comprises oxygen storage components. The invention is concerned particularly with the restoration of the optimum filling degree of the oxygen storage components for regulated stoichiometric operation after the engine has been operated under lean conditions for a relatively short or relatively long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roman Moeller, Martin Votsmeier, Christopher Onder, Juergen Gieshoff, Lino Guzzella
  • Patent number: 8136349
    Abstract: The present invention describes an exhaust-gas purification system for an internal combustion engine made of an oxidation catalyst arranged close to the engine, a subsequent hydrocarbon adsorber and a particulate filter arranged downstream thereof and provided with another oxidation catalyst. The oxidation catalyst ensures that emission limits with respect to carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons are satisfied in normal driving mode. During operating states with exhaust-gas temperatures below about 200° C., the oxidation catalyst can no longer oxidize carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. Instead, the hydrocarbons are adsorbed by the hydrocarbon adsorber during these operating phases. In order to initiate the periodical regeneration of the particulate filter, the exhaustgas temperature of the internal combustion engine is raised by engine modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Umicore Galvanotechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Gieshoff, Martin Votsmeier, Frank-Walter Schütze, Marcus Pfeifer, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Publication number: 20110172448
    Abstract: A cost effective process is presented for carrying out catalytic, in particular also exothermic, endothermic or autothermal reactions with optimum yield and selectivity. The system used is a wall-flow monolith which forces a flow from the inlet channel through the porous wall into the outlet channel by reciprocal closure of the gas channels. This is operated such that mass transfer and heat transport are determined virtually exclusively by convection, and diffusion-related thermal conduction phenomena can be neglected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Votsmeier, Susanne Ungermann, Juergen Gieshoff, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Publication number: 20110094207
    Abstract: Described is a method for cleaning the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, which method is suitable for reducing harmful gases and particle emissions. Here, the exhaust gas to be cleaned is conducted, under operating conditions, with a discontinuous profile of the air ratio ? across a wall-flow filter substrate which comprises a catalytically active coating containing one storage material. The storage material is suitable for temporarily storing one or more exhaust-gas components under certain operating conditions and releasing said exhaust-gas components again in a targeted fashion in the event of a suitable change in the operating conditions. The coating is configured such that the component has a gradient of the storage material concentration and/or of the total coating amount, with the highest concentration of the storage material in the longitudinal direction of the component being present on the inflow side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Woerz, Wilfried Mueller, Martin Votsmeier, Franz Dornhaus, Martin Roesch
  • Publication number: 20110056280
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for determining the light-off temperature of a catalytic converter on board a vehicle. The aging condition of the catalytic converter is determined by means of the method. To test the catalytic converter, the latter is loaded for example with a CO/HC test pulse. During the combustion of the additional CO and HC on the catalytic converter, an axial temperature profile is generated. The position of the maximum of said temperature profile along the catalytic converter is dependent on the current light-off temperature. The temperature profile travels through the catalytic converter and can be measured at the outlet of the catalytic converter as a time-dependent profile. The original axial temperature profile can be inferred from the time-dependent profile. Using a calculation program, the current light-off temperature of the catalytic converter on the vehicle can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO.KG
    Inventors: Martin Votsmeier, Juergen Gieshoff, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Publication number: 20100307136
    Abstract: When a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is being regenerated, the regeneration may be terminated for example as a result of a premature load change in the engine, which can lead to incomplete emptying of the storage catalyst. The residual filling level which remains in the catalyst following an incomplete regeneration of this nature is used as the starting value for calculation of the filling level during the next storage phase. After incomplete regeneration, the nitrogen oxide conversion rate is initially greater than would be expected, on account of the residual filling level. By taking this increased conversion rate into account when calculating the filling level during the storage phase, it is possible to further improve the accuracy of the calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Martin VOTSMEIER, Juliane Kluge, Ulrich Goebel, Jürgen Gieshoff, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 7737081
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of operating a catalyst for treating the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the catalyst comprising, in addition to catalytically active noble metals, also storage components for storing hydrocarbons. During engine operating phases at low exhaust-gas temperatures, such a catalyst stores the hydrocarbons contained in the exhaust gas without burning them. When the exhaust-gas temperature rises, these hydrocarbons are desorbed again and then oxidized at the catalytically active noble metals. This process can lead to uncontrolled, vigorous combustion of the hydrocarbons stored on the catalyst and, therefore, damage to the catalyst. According to the invention, this damage is avoided by continuously calculating the respective loading of the storage components with hydrocarbons and repeatedly regenerating the storage components depending on the loading by temporarily raising the exhaust-gas temperature before damage to the catalyst can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Votsmeier, Frank Schütze, Stephan Malmberg, Jürgen Gieshoff, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 7735312
    Abstract: When a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst is being regenerated, the regeneration may be terminated for example as a result of a premature load change in the engine, which can lead to incomplete emptying of the storage catalyst. The residual filling level which remains in the catalyst following an incomplete regeneration of this nature is used as the starting value for calculation of the filling level during the next storage phase. After incomplete regeneration, the nitrogen oxide conversion rate is initially greater than would be expected, on account of the residual filling level. By taking this increased conversion rate into account when calculating the filling level during the storage phase, it is possible to further improve the accuracy of the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Umicor AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Votsmeier, Juliane Kluge, Ulrich Goebel, Jürgen Gieshoff, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 7485599
    Abstract: An oxygen storage material comprising cerium oxide and at least one second oxide of a metal M1 is disclosed as well as a process for manufacturing the material and the use of this material in an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst. In a preferred embodiment the oxygen storage material comprises particles from a Ce/M1 mixed oxide solid solution coated with an oxide of another metal M2. Metal M1 e.g. can be calcium or zirconium while metal M2 most preferably is aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mamoun Muhammed, Othon Adamopoulos, Tassilo Bog, Lothar Mussmann, Dieter Lindner, Martin Votsmeier, Matthias Feger, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer